Famous Deaths In February - 27
Sunday, 28 April 2024
1167 Robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies on February - 27.
1656 Johan van Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer/writer/interpreter, dies on this day in history.
1659 On this day in history death of henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609)
1699 Death of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625) on this day in history.
1706 On February - 27 john Evelyn, diarist, dies
1720 On February - 27 death of samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653)
1731 On February - 27 angelo Predieri, composer, dies at 76
1733 Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46 on February - 27.
1735 On February - 27 john Arbuthnot, physician/mathematician, dies
1779 Jan Nepveu, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59 on this day in history.
1797 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1805 Stefan Paluselli, composer, dies at 57 on February - 27.
1844 Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85 on this day in history.
1852 Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69 on February - 27.
1862 On February - 27 gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Ital Catholic youth, dies at 23
1881 On February - 27 george Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at 46
1887 On this day in history alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53
1892 On February - 27 death of louis Vuitton, French luggage maker (b. 1821)
1913 Adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus), dies at 58 on this day in history.
1920 Alexandru D Xenopol, Romanian historian, dies at 72 on February - 27.
1921 Schofield Haigh, cricketer (Eng all-rounder 11 Tests 1898-1912), dies on this day in history.
1923 Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67 on February - 27.
1929 On this day in history manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer, dies at 65
1932 On this day in history death of william Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (b. 1843)
1936 On this day in history ivan P Pavlov, Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies at 86
1939 Nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70 on February - 27.
1940 On this day in history peter Behrens, German architect, dies
1941 Death of William D. Byron, U.S. Congressman (b. 1895) on February - 27.
1942 Death of Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52 on February - 27.
1943 On February - 27 death of kostis Palamas, Greek poet, twice nominated for the Nobel prize (b. 1859)
1945 On this day in history hJ Lochtman, Dutch chaplain/resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen
1947 On February - 27 mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89
1950 On this day in history ivan Goll, writer, dies at 58
1952 Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator 1926, dies at 74 on this day in history.
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